CVE-2004-1768

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Published Mar 10, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1762	The character converters in the Spamhunter and Language ID modules for Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.0.1 before patch 132 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages with the ISO-8859-10 character set, which is not recognized by the converters.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.111% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/sba/sba_60x/updates/p132_notes.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/13489
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/697598
http://www.osvdb.org/12459
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18530

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Symantec Brightmail Antispam

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 10, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 AM
Reserved: Mar 10, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 17, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

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